Erika Marie Dalquist - LOCATED DECEASED

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Erika Marie Dalquist, 21, who worked at a telemarketing company in Brainerd, Minn., 127 miles northwest of Minneapolis, was the first to disappear. Ms. Dalquist was last seen leaving the Tropical Nites, a downtown bar popular with students from Central Lakes College, in the early morning of Oct. 30.

Sgt. David Holtz of the Brainerd police said Ms. Dalquist was waiting for a taxi after the bar closed at 1 a.m., when she saw a man she recognized. She told her friends, who did not know the man, to cancel her cab, Sergeant Holtz said, ''and she walked away with this man.''
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Erika Dalquist's body was discovered buried on property owned by relatives of the main suspect in her disappearance. The suspect had miss-directed police to look in a quarry lake.

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Murder Victim. Erika lived in the same area as Dru Sjodin and disappeared a year before Ms. Sjodin on Oct. 30,2002. her body was found on May 17, 2004 in a shallow grave, on the property owned by her alledged killer.

Erika Marie Dalquist was born April 18, 1981 to Colleen (Boone) and Duane Dalquist in Little Falls, MN. Erika grew up in Randall and attended school there until her family moved to the Pillager area in 1992. During all four years of high school, Erika was a cheerleader, played in the band and sang in the choir. In 1999, Erika graduated from Pillager High School.

She was employed by Meyer Associates Teleservices. It was her dream to join the Air Force; and she was only a test away from realizing this dream. Erika relished taking time to hang out with friends and family. She loved animals and music and had a great sense of humor. She had the uncanny ability to make new friends wherever she went. She was lovingly referred to as "Sunny" by many of her friends.

Erika is survived by her parents, Colleen and Duane Dalquist; brothers, Steven and Thomas; grandparents, Richard and Delores Dalquist, of Randall, Mary Boone, of Randall; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, James Boone.
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